Game indicator



I y 24, 193.2- w. c. FERRIS ET AL 1,860,038

GAME mmanen Filed Dec. 10, 1950 Munro/v C li'zfR/S ,Was: M 5195mm! WWW MM.

Patented May 24, 1932 7 UNITED STATES wnneroivo. rnrmrspor UNIvERsrrY cIrmannRosE M. BREnnAri,

Mrssouar PATENT or s'r. nours v GAME INDICATOR Application filed. December 10, 1530. Serial'No. 501,277.

to indicate at a glance certain features of the progress of the game.

Another object is to provide such a device which may be attached to a fixture used in the game such as a wicket used in croquet.

and which may be adjusted to indicate one or more items of information concerning the game.

Another object is to provide suchan indie. cator which may be simple and inexpensive and which can be carried about by the player without inconvenience.

Further objects will appear'from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein Fig. 1 illustrates an indicatorembodying this invention mounted on a croquet wicket,

25 and V j V i Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view with the tabs separated disclosing that the tabs 7 are of different colors. I

In such games as croquet and roque a player is required to propel a ball thru a series of wickets. As a part of the .contest a player may, under certain conditions, play an opponents ball in such a way as toincrease the opponents difficulty in'making. progress in the game. Having once played an opponents ball, a player is prohibited from again playing that same ball until he has advanced his -own past another wicket. With a number of players in the game these rules may lead.

40 to a situation in which a player must remember which of several balls may be played and also which wicket must be passed next in game fixture, such as alcroquet wicket. This is usually a simple wire arch fixed in the 50 ground. Arranged to be removably mount- 5} provide an indicator ofsimple design and construction which may be mounted in a conspicuous place and whiohmay be adjusted er. In order to distinguish the holders beindicated indotted lines at 7. The tabs 5 .may be of any desired form so asto provide 5 on any one holder may be differently col- "from the particular tab whichis placed in} display position the desired information. ln 7 ed on or attached to the fixture 1 is a holder 2. This holder may be of any suitable form arranged for detachably mounting on the fixture 1. In the drawingsit is illustrated inv the form of the well known spring, clothes pin, arranged so that its aws 3 may be 5 clamped upon the fixture bytheforce of the spring 4.

i A holder 2 may be provided for each playi co longing to different players, said holders may be colored to correspond with the players ..ball or in other suitable manner to enable an individual player to recognize his own indicator. Mounted on the holder 2 isa se' ries of tabs In the device illustrated the tabs 5 are collectively pivoted at 6 on the holder 2. The arrangement is such that the tabs are movable individually on the pivot6 to one or more display positions as symbols adapted to convey thedesired information to the players. ,The different tabs "15 ored (red, blue and greenibeing indicated in the drawingsalthough any other colors may be used as desired) or otherwise distinguished from one another so that a player mayobtain applying this device to the game of croquet the different tabs may be differently colored,

each to correspond with the coloring of; a ball other than'the-pla yers ball to whomthis indicator belongs. In the use of this device supposea player is due to work his ball next past the wicket '1 during the progress of the-game. He has played one or more-of the balls of his O -r "ponentsfland is thereby prohibited from fagain playing these same balls He there? upon attaches his indicator tothe wicket 1 by i clipping-the holder 2 inplace'as showniu l i the figure, and turnsfupto display position '05' such tabs 5-as are 'colored'to correspond with j the opponents balls he has played. Thedefvice then. is adapted tokeep" him completely informed as to his position in the game. The

color of the holder 2 placed on a particular 10$ v f t i plying to the self or playingan opponentsball inan il 7 legal manner. twill be noted that the tabs are formed and dimensioned so that when'in lectively on said clip, adapted for assembled arrangement of said tabs along said clipand for individual movement to display position thereon to be frictionally retained in such position by said pivot means.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures this 26th day of November, 1930.

WHEATON C. FERRIS. aosn BRENNAN.

assembled relation along the clip they-con form to the shape of the clip so as to be in conspicuous. Only those tabs which ."are moved to display position distinguish themselves from the clip and attract attention.

These tabs are moved to display position by simply swinging them on the pivot and are frictionally held in such adjusted position.

While the device has been described as apcourse, be applied to other games in which a similar system of indication may be used. Instead of coloring any other kind of dis-' tin'guishing indications may be the tabs 5 or to the holder 2.

, Itwill be seen, therefore, that this invention provides asimple and eitective indicator which the player may carry about with him so that he may attach thesameat any time to an appropriate fixture andwhich he may adjust so as to remind him just what the conanplied to dition of his play was at the close of his last playing turn. With such an indicator'in place other players in any number may'take their turns and the first player is relieved of the necessity of carrying in his mind the details of the condition of his own play. Y

It is obvious that various changes may be made, Within the scope of the appended ame of croquet, it may, of

claims, in the details of construction with- 1 out departing from the spiritofthis invention; it is to be understood, therefore, that this invention is not limited to the specific details shown and/or described.

Having thus described'the invention, what a is claimed is:

means for frictionally pivoting said tabs col- 1. A'game indicator, comprising, a spring 750 clip adapted for removably clamping to a ganie fixture, a plurality of elongated tabs 7 shapedand dimensioned to conform to the shape of the clip, and means for collectively pivoting said tabs frictionally on said clip,

adapted for assembled arrangement of said tabs along said clip and for individual move- :ment to display position thereon to be frictionally retained in adjusted position by said pivot means. 7 i V w 1 a 2. A game indicator, comprising, a spring clip adapted for removably clamping to a game fixture, a plurality of t differently colored indicators shaped and dimensioned to; conform to the shape of said clip, and 

